Iglesia e Inquisición en la España Norteafricana: Orán y Mazalquivir a fines del reinado de Felipe II

Abstract

The Spanish presence in Oran and Mazalquivir from the beginning of 16 century sends to the lands on the other side of Strait of Gibraltar the polemic about the relations betweeen Christendom, judaism and Islam. The recovery of these enclaves for the Cristianity, rouses the necessity of reorganizing the Christian church. This includes the construction of buildings dedicates to worship, and also the establishment of an ecclesiastic stait that observes the importants works he must make at these fortresses, which keep constants contacts with Islam and Judaism. The frailty of the frontier that keeps apart Christendom et Islam in such specific context, rouses the action of Murcia Holy Office, the responsable of Oran and Mazalquivir inquisitorial jurisdiction, which pursues above all the suspects of being moslems.